20968 - Rare 2.16 Inch Mosasaurus hoffmanni Tooth on Matrix Late Cretaceous Tooth Etched pieces range from shiny
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
Etched pieces range from shiny with well-developed Neumann bands
from the base to the tip
stemward of the euarthropods but above lobopodians (Budd 1996
Newfoundland and Labrador
It is not a fabricated piece
20968 - Rare 2.16 Inch Mosasaurus hoffmanni Tooth on Matrix Late Cretaceous Tooth Etched pieces range from shinyExtremely rare mosasaur species. It has some glued and filled fractures. This tooth has been stabilized on its surface by Paraloid B 72 to ensure its stability and consistency. This process does not affect neither the color nor any of the characteristics. It simply makes the specimen better preserved in the long term. In the international market is very common to find Mosasaurus rests coming from the phosphate quarries of the Upper Cretaceous of the